Author's Note: On these first few episodes, I am once again following script date order, not airdate order. Just wanted to let you all know that, so you're not thrown by my revised order in the next few chapters up to chapter 30. Also, when I get to "A Relative Situation," it was also aired out of order with "A Little Sex, A Little Scandal" so those two when I get to them will be in reverse order as well. For this one, I decided to insert the love scene into the scene after their "high-diving act." After all, Lee already had his shirt open and they both had their shoes off. Plus, they were soaking wet.

Chapter 24-High Diving Act

"The Legend of Das Geisterschloss"

"Well," Amanda said breathing heavily, "At least we're alright. We got away, huh?."

"Yeah, and that's all we've got," Lee said running his hands through his sopping hair. "Those two goons at the castle turned us into a high-diving act and I don't even know who they are or why they were waiting for us."

As Amanda rambled about the clues they'd assembled so far from Emily's sketches and they debated about what it was she was trying to tell them, he couldn't help but notice just how sexy Amanda looked soaking wet. Her sopping sweater, under which, it was clear that she wore no bra, and the way it clung her lithe frame brought back vivid memories of having had her wet and naked in the shower when they were undercover as husband and wife. Through their conversation, he figured out that the waitress was important to their investigation. "Come on," He said pulling Amanda to her feet intending to continue the investigation, but when she stumbled slightly against him, her wet from pressed to his, all thoughts of the case flew out of his head.

Amanda gasped slightly at Lee's strong arms holding her steady, her mind flashing back to their encounter in the locker room shower. Unable to stop herself, she found her fingers running up his chest, pushing his already open shirt off of his shoulders, her lips following the path of her hands as she sucked droplets of water from his skin.

Lee groaned at the contact, a little startled by her initiative, but pleased all the same as he tugged at her heavy sweater to pull it over her head, exposing her breasts to his hungry eyes. He lowered his mouth to one of them, licking away the water from it before turning to the other to do the same with it.

"Oh," Amanda sighed as Lee's moth warmed her chilled skin. She tugged at his pants to open them while he did the same with hers not stopping until they were both stripped of their wet clothes.

"God," Lee groaned as Amanda stroked him while he reached between her legs to do the same, delighted by hearing her soft moans of pleasure. He was soon stopped though by Amanda dropping to her knees and taking him into her mouth. "Oh," he cried as he warm mouth combated the cold from the water making him harder than he'd ever been for her as she relentlessly suckled him until he felt as if her were going to lose it right then. He tugged on her hands to stop her, then pushed on her shoulders to lower her to the grass, quickly joining her, resuming his task of sucking every bit of water from her skin that he could, trailing his mouth from her neck to her shoulders, down her chest, her stomach and finally even lower. The scent of her arousal combined with the scent of the of the grass and her cries of pleasure spurring him on as he devoured her.

"Oh, Lee," Amanda gasped as she clutched his head to her and twitched beneath him as he brought her to her peak, causing her to cry out his name repeatedly. As she came down from her high and saw Lee hovering over her, she shook her head and said, "no," through her heavy breathing.

"No?" Lee said sounding deflated.

"No," Amanda said as she hooked her legs around him and used them to flip him over onto his back. "No," she repeated as she straddled his hips, then reached to guide him into her, smiling as she watched his facial expression change at her bold maneuver.

Lee let out a shuddering breath as Amanda began to rock against him, pressing her legs tightly against each side of his as she forced him deeper inside her, her tight muscles welcoming him, squeezing him, causing his heart rate to triple, his breathing to become ragged as his pleasure built. "Amanda," he groaned as he decided to help her, grasping her hips, pulling her down against him while he pushed his hips upward to push himself into her.

"Lee," Amanda hissed, her breath now coming in short, shallow pants. She clasped his waist and leaned backward slightly to change the angle of penetration, knowing exactly what she needed to increase her own pleasure, knowing that he'd get there, no matter what, but she may not without a little help. "Oh," she cried at the sensation as they moved together in perfect rhythm, her body still humming from the release he'd already given her, it didn't take her long to reach a scone one and soon found herself screaming his name uncontrollably, letting him take over as her body shook.

"Oh, so good, Amanda," he cried. Using his grip on her hips, he reversed their positions, rolling her beneath him, taking great care to make sure he stayed inside her. "So good to hear that," He whimpered into her ear before lowering his lips again to her neck as he began to pump into her harder and faster. "I love to hear you calling my name," he murmured against her further excited by Amanda locking her arms around his back and pushing her hips up against his as if she still wanted more of him. He was happy to oblige as he thrust into her, soon crying out her name in return as he felt himself exploding within her. He slowed him movements as they rode out the wave together, both breathing heavily as their cries turned into whispers of each other's names.

They lay there for a long moment still locked together, sharing soft kisses and caresses until Amanda, her breathing finally under control, said, "As nice as this is, we should get back to work. Emily needs us."

"Yeah," Lee said as he reluctantly slipped out of her, then climbed to his feet and reached for her hand to pull her to hers. Amanda chuckled softly as she took in both of their appearance. "What?" Lee said.

"Look," she said as she pointed out the bits of grass sticking to both of them, plucking blades of grass from his back.

Lee laughed in return and said, "Yeah, I guess we should clean up a bit first, huh?"

"Yeah," Amanda said as she made her way toward the lake and stepped into it, lowering herself into the water to wash the grass from her body, Lee soon stepping in and doing the same. Lee laughed, this time causing Amanda to be the one to say, "What?"

"I was just thinking that this brings back memories of skinny dipping as a teenager," Lee said with a laugh.

Amanda laughed and said, "You're right, it does."

Lee looked at her in surprise and said, "You?"

"Don't look so surprised," She said with a mirthful grin as she still worked on getting bits of grass rinsed from her back. "You're not the only one who was a little wild as a teenager."

"Here, turn around and let me help you," Lee said shaking his head at this new piece of the Amanda King puzzle. He scooped up handfuls of water and poured them down her back, until there were no more loose bits of grass to be seen. "I think I got it all," He said trying to resist the urge to touch her again at once again seeing her naked and wet in front of him. He swallowed hard and then stammered, "Uh...Maybe...You could...um...do the same for me?"

"Yeah," Amanda said, a little disappointed that he'd refrained from touching her again. She turned to face him and said, "Turn." She then repeated his actions of scooping up water to rinse him off, then feeling a bit mischievous, stepped back slightly and splashed the water as hard as she could, spraying him with it.

"Hey," He said turning around.

"What?"She said giving him and innocent look. "You had grass tuck to the top of your shoulders and you're taller than me. That was the only way I could reach that high."

Lee glared at her. "Oh, yeah?" That's funny because I don't seem to recall you having trouble reaching that high all the times you've put your arms around me," he said challengingly.

"Well, this was different," Amanda said grinning at him mirthfully.

"Oh?"

"Yeah."

"I don't buy it," Lee said in disbelief.

"What are you going to do about it," she challenged.

"This," he said as he splashed water at her. Amanda squealed and splashed back at him. "Oh, you're asking for trouble."

At seeing the devilish look in his eyes, she turned and tried to move away from him, hampered by the water, he quickly captured her around the waist from behind, both breathing heavily again. "Oh," she gasped as Lee pushed into her again.

"Yea," Lee groaned at being inside her again, though not nearly as erect as he had been due to the coolness of the water. He knew if he didn't move quickly, he'd never be able to do what he wanted. His hands locked on her waist, he began to thrust into her again, excited by feeling her pushing back against him.

"Oh, God," Amanda said at feeling Lee lengthening and growing harder within her as he drove into her repeatedly. "Oh, yes," she cried as she felt her excitement building at knowing she was doing that to him and felt him pushing harder into her than he ever had in the past soon driving her to yet another climax as she felt him erupting within her again. Even though they weren't in a real relationship, he reveled in the feeling of the power she had over him, the way that she could make him call only her name out, in spite of the large number of woman he'd dated.

"Wow," Lee said against her neck still unable to believe what this seemingly simple housewife could do to him. How she could make him yearn for her and how no matter how many times they made love, she still always left him wanting more. he felt sometimes as if he'd never get enough of her.

"To say the least," Amanda replied with a soft chuckle.

"Yeah," Lee said as he slid out of her shaking off the thoughts of her desperate desire to have her as often as possible. "Now, we really need to get back to work," He said to get his mind off of his powerful need for her as he waded to the edge of the lake and pulled himself out, reaching for her hand to help her out. He then made his way to his discarded wet clothing, dressing as quickly as he could to avoid any further temptation to make love to her for hours until neither of them had any strength left.

Amanda reached for her own clothes and said, "You know, we should probably go back to the hotel and change into some dry clothes before we go see Mariana," as she looked at her soggy sweater in disgust.

"Yeah," Lee said looking at his own drenched clothing. "Probably a good idea," trying to shake off the image that had created in his mind of taking her to the bed in his hotel room and fulfilling his fantasy of spending hour after hour locked in her arms, taking pleasure in her while giving her her own. At seeing her dressed in her wet clothing, it still clinging to her body, outlining every curve, his mind wouldn't' let that image go. "Come on. Let's go," He said shaking his head, forcing himself to think about the case and mentally reminding himself that the talks in Brussels were in danger of being compromised in less than twenty-four hours if they didn't solve this case by them. "You know, on second thought," he said as they made their way to their rental car. "Let's just go straight to the cafe before they close. We can always change clothes later."

"Okay," Amanda said but couldn't help wondering why he'd switched gears so suddenly. He wondered if he'd been thinking the same thing that he had, about what they could do in one of their hotel rooms. the thought had definitely crossed her mind of inviting him into her room for the evening, not that she was sure that he'd take her up on it, though he had tried twice now to get her to spend the night with him, so she was hopeful that he would.

Once at the cafe, Lee growled, "Damn it, it's closed,"

"We can come back first thing in the morning, "Amanda said trying to stay upbeat.

"Count on it," Lee replied. "I've got a lot of questions to ask, like where is Emily?"

"Hey, we can't do anything more tonight," Amanda said, "And I don't know about you, but I'm starving after our...um...swim. Maybe we should grab some dinner."

"Yeah, not a bad idea," Lee said looking at her quizzically wondering if that had been her attempt to ask him out on a date. Don't be stupid, he told himself. She's just hungry and it is about dinnertime. "You have any place in mind?" he asked.

"Oh, well, I...um...I was just thinking that I'd still like to put some fresh clothes on, so I...um...I was thinking maybe we'd go back to the hotel and just order room service."

"Room service?" Lee choked out. Surely, she wasn't suggesting what he thought she was suggesting. No, not possible. She'd already turned down his invitation to spend a full night with him twice. He decided to avoid the humiliation of that kind of rejection again; he was safer making an alternate suggestion. "Um...You know, maybe we...uh...should just hit a restaurant instead. By the time we get done eating, it'll be about time to get ready for bed anyway. No sense in changing clothes twice at this point."

"You make a good point," Amanda said sighing in frustration that he hadn't taken the hint that she was after a different kind of room service entirely. She wanted to just straight out tell him that, but since he hadn't figured it out on his own, felt it was better to just let it go.

"Okay, it's all settled then," Lee said as he tried to keep his mind on the road in front of them and not on the fact that Amanda sounded so disappointed at his suggestion. Had he misread in her intentions, after all? He wanted to ask, but didn't have the courage to be that bold. He shook his head as he thought of his cracks about them being turned into a high-diving act and thought in that moment that their relationship was very much like that.